Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 100	‐
VBR	# 248	# 1071

Projections

Strikeouts	52	8
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.73
WHIP	1.24	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	7

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	75.0	7.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	68	8

Earned Runs	33	7

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	77	7

Walks	26	13

ERA	3.96	8.59

WHIP	1.25	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.4	8.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	8

Earned Runs	20	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	52	8

Walks	16	5

ERA	3.81	4.73

WHIP	1.24	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Kyle Nicolas (2026)

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